"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."
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shareholder, shareholders, stock, stockmarket, stockmarkets, stock market, stock markets, stockbroker, stockbrokers, priority, priorities, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, armageddon, apocalypse, post-apocalyptic, post-apocalypse, environmental destruction, catastrophe, catastrophes, extinction, human extinction, extinctions, value, bottom line, bottom lines, capitalist, capitalists, capitalism, late capitalism, nuclear fallout, fallout, environmentalism, environmentalist, environmentalists, pollution, polluter, polluters, campfire, campfires, camp fire, camp fires, camp fire story, camp fire stories, scary story, scary stories, environment, corporation, corporations, corporate greed"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."
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shareholder, shareholders, stock, stockmarket, stockmarkets, stock market, stock markets, stockbroker, stockbrokers, priority, priorities, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, armageddon, apocalypse, post-apocalyptic, post-apocalypse, environmental destruction, catastrophe, catastrophes, extinction, human extinction, extinctions, value, bottom line, bottom lines, capitalist, capitalists, capitalism, late capitalism, nuclear fallout, fallout, environmentalism, environmentalist, environmentalists, pollution, polluter, polluters, campfire, campfires, camp fire, camp fires, camp fire story, camp fire stories, scary story, scary stories, environment, corporation, corporations, corporate greed"This would be a great place to put a huge city."
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modernization, city, cities, city planning, wilderness, nature, natural world, national park, national parks, capitalism, capitalist, capitalists, spoil, spoils, spoiling, despoil, despoiled, hike, hikes, hiking, untouched, beauty, beautiful, unappreciative, bottom line, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, visionary, visionaries"It's fine to discover cures, but, remember, chronic conditions are our bread and butter."
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cure, cures, curing, chronic condition, chronic conditions, prescription, prescriptions, drug company, drug companies, pharmaceutical company, pharmaceutical companies, pharmaceuticals, big pharma, profit motive, profit motives, incurable, managing disease, managing diseases, profit, profits, making money, bottom line, conflict of interest, conflicts of interest"All work and no play makes you a valued employee."
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all work, no play, makes jack a dull boy, expression, expressions, saying, sayings, employee, employees, overworked, stress, stressed, stressed out, value, values, anxious, anxiety, anxieties, corporation, corporations, corporate logic, bottom line, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, quality of life, workplace, workplaces"Listen. It's at the quiet moments like this that you can actually hear the meter running."
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lawyer, lawyers, fee, fees, payment, payments, cost, costs, legal fee, legal fees, legal team, legal teams, charge, charges, charging, high price, high priced, attorney, attorneys, quiet, listen, listens, listening, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, motivation, motivations, sellout, sellouts, selling out, sell out, sell outs"The dreams of avarice are coming back."
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dream, dreams, dreaming, avarice, greed, greedy, greediness, addiction, addict, addicts, addictive, money, profit, profits, profiting, profit motive, profit motives, therapy, therapist, therapists, psychologist, psychologists, psychology, psychiatrist, psychiatrists, psychiatry, vice, vices, unwanted behavior, unwanted behaviors, discipline, self-discipline, money-driven, selfish, selfishness, motive, motivation, motivations"We like you, Hatcher, and we like your work, but we've been offered magic beans."
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cow, cows, cattle, magic bean, magic beans, jack and the beanstalk, fairy tale, fairy tales, sell, sells, selling, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, fired, firing, firings, sack, sacked, sacking, sackings, layoff, layoffs, laid off, beanstalk, beanstalks, children's story, children's stories"They're from a vanity chartmaker."
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vanity, charts, chart, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, graph, graphs, graphing, mislead, misleads, misleading, impress, impresses, impressing, impressive, executive, executives, manager, managers, management, wall art, boom, booms, decoration, decorations, decor"Johnson, look at the lilies of the field. They neither spin nor toil. Fire them."
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lilies of the field, businessman, businessmen, fire, fires, firing, firings, flower, flowers, stop, stops, stopping, stop to smell the flowers, limo, limos, limousine, limousines, downsize, downsizes, downsizing, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, bottom line, bottom lines, toil, toils, bible verse, bible verses, elite, elites, elitist, elitists, elitism, appreciate life, appreciates life, appreciating life, executive, executives, business executive, business executives"Once upon a time there were three little pigs who had this real sweetheart of a rent-controlled deal."
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rent control, rent controls, rent controlled, rent, rents, renting, lease, leases, leasing, home, homes, tenant, tenants, tenancy, rights, buyer's rights, consumer rights, consumer's rights, consumers' rights advocate, consumer rights advocates, consumer protection, consumer protections, condo, condos, condominium, condominiums, convert, converts, conversion, conversions, prey, preys, preying, landlord, landlords, fable, fables, building owner, building owners, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, big bad wolf, three little pigs, real estate, real estate deal, real estate deals"I say we go for the record in punitive damages!"
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punitive damage, punitive damages, record, records, lawsuit, lawsuits, goal, goals, setting goals, set a record, sets a record, setting a record, record-setting, sue, sues, suing, damage, damages, irresponsible, profit motive, profit motives, ambition, ambitions, ambitious, ambitiousness, boardroom meeting, boardroom meetings, corporate culture, corporation, corporations, megacorporation, megacorporations, megacorps, class action lawsuit, class action lawsuits, lawsuits, lawsuitThe Blending Of Comestibles And Foam Rubber At The Submolecular Level!
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comestible, comestibles, food, foods, food item, food items, food science, food sciences, genetic modification, genetically modified, gmo, gmos, genetically modified organism, genetically modified organisms, rubber, foam rubber, food business, food regulation, food regulations, biology, biologist, biologists, shelf life, shelf lives, preservative, preservatives, increasing shelf life, profit, profit motive, profit motives"I'm taking out two acres of pecan trees and putting in a fifteen-thousand-square-foot colonic-irrigation facility."
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pecan, pecans, pecan tree, pecan trees, colonic, colonics, colonic irrigation, high colonic, high colonics, colon cleansing, colon cleansing, colon cleaned, profit, profits, farmer, farmers, farm, farms, new age, new age medicine, new age medicines, toxic, toxicity, orchard, orchards, irrigate, irrigates, irrigating, irrigation, profit motive, profit motives, profit motivation"Owing to cutbacks in our news department, here is Rod Ingram to guess at what happened today in a number of places around the globe."
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cutback, cutbacks, news, news program, news programs, journalist, journalists, journalism, small budget, small budgets, smaller budget, smaller budgets, lose money, loses money, losing money, print media, death of print media, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, profit margin, profit margins, cut costs, cuts costs, cutting costs, scale back, scales back, scaling back, shrinking audience, shrinking audiences, consequence, consequences, guess, guesses, guessing, guessing game, guessing games, estimate, estimates, estimating, estimation, estimations, reporter, reporters"With the money we'll save by shutting down quality control, we can issue some truly spectacular apologies."
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quality control, editor, editors, editorial, editorial department, newspaper, newspapers, downsize, downsizes, downsizing, profit, profits, profit margin, profit margins, fact-checker, fact-checkers, fact-checking, factchecker, factcheckers, factchecking, capitalism, capitalist, print media, editorial board, editorial boards, retraction, retractions, retract, retracts, retracting, corporation, corporations, corporate, corporate office, corporate offices, health and safety, safety regulations, regulation, regulations, product safety, profit motive, profit motives, profiting, corporate culture"Today's flight is overbooked. Is there someone who would accept a free travel voucher in return for teaching us how to correctly book a flight?"
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overbooked, overbooking, overbookings, overbook, overbooks, flight, flights, airline, airlines, plane travel, frequent flyer, frequent flyers, fly, flies, flying, airport, airports, plane travel, greed, greedy, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, train, trains, training, hassle, hassles, hassling, booking, bookings, reservation, reservations, voucher, vouchers, travel voucher, travel vouchers"Are there several doctors in the house, so we can have a little managed competition?"
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competition, free market, free markets, competitor, competitors, laissez-faire, laissez-faire economics, is there a doctor in the house, private medicine, american healthcare, healthcare system, healthcare systems, managed competition, doctor, doctors, privatized, privatization, privatised, privatisation, healthcare, health care, injury, injuries, play, plays, profit motive, profit motives, qualification, qualifications, qualified"We've got a lot of deadwood in this firm, Crawford. Let's give it back to the community."
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give back, gives back, giving back, charitable donation, charitable donations, community, firing, firings, layoff, layoffs, round of layoffs, sacking, sackings, sacked, dead wood, cut loose, cutting loose, corporate logic, greed, greedy, profit, profits, profit motive, profit motives, motivation, motivations, motivating, charity, charities, charitable donation, charitable donations, write-off, write-offs, writing off, written off, executive, executives, corporate mentality, corporate mentalities, management, manager, managers"Don't be a fool!"
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fool, fools, foolish, foolishness, fish, fishes, fishing, fisher, fishers, fisherman, fishermen, bait, baits, baited, money, money-driven, profit motive, profit motives, sucker, suckers, suckered, reversal, reversals, reversal of fortune, reversals of fortune, role reversal, role reversals, know better, knows better, knowing better, wise, wisdom"Well, that does it Charlie, we've outsourced everything."
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outsource, outsources, outsourcing, downsize, downsizes, downsizing, corporate downsizing, corporation, corporations, profit, profit motive, profit motives, cheap labor, labor, labour, cheap labour, overdo it, overdoing it, clear out, clearing out, layoff, layoffs, fired, firing, firings, clear out, clearing out, out of business, going out of business, globalism